Wall Curl
The wall hamstring curl, is a basic exercise that will help develop the muscles of your hamstrings. A useful exercise if your recovering from injury and don't want to over stress the muscles.
Stand tall, using either a wall or a chair to maintain your balance, whilst standing on one leg.
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Keeping your knees close together, smoothly lift the heel of one foot up towards your buttocks, aiming to feel the contraction in your muscle as you both lift and lower.
Focus on taking at least 5 seconds to perform each movement, working one leg at a time (harder), keeping your back straight and head up throughout the movement.
Stretch and Warm Up before you commence any exercise and aim to finish with some good stretching to let your body and mind recover.
Look in the Home Workout area for a great sample workout, if any of these exercises are too hard, then adjust them to your own needs.
Remember to record how many repetitions and sets you can perform, so that you will so how your getting fitter and stronger in all areas. Download your free PDF Record Sheet
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